NASPGHAN Capsule Endoscopy Clinical Report.

Joel A Friedlander1, Quin Y Liu, Benjamin Sahn

  • 1*Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital of Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora †Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles ‡Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY §University of Texas Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, Dallas ||The Learning Institute, Research Institute and Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada ¶University of Massachusetts Memorial Children's Medical Center, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester #Columbia University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York, New York, NY **Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ ††Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH ‡‡Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle §§St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA ||||Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO ¶¶Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ##C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor ***Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI †††Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri, Kansas City ‡‡‡University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington §§§Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, St. Petersburg, FL ||||||The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia ¶¶¶Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Summary

Wireless capsule endoscopy (CE) is a minimally invasive tool now used in pediatric gastroenterology. This report reviews its current use, training, and future research directions for children.

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